The Seeds of Time

The Seeds of Time

Photograph

Erich Hartmann

Maker
American, b. Germany, 1922–1999

The Seeds of Time

Our Daily Bread


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (24.2 × 16.2 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0336
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Our Daily Bread) 8/62 14) THE SEEDS OF TIME... "look into the seeds \ of time and say which will grow, and which will not." \ (Shakespeare) \ (Sheaves of spring wheat growing near the Cathedral \ of Chartres.) \ Credit: Erich Hartmann © 1962 MAGNUM Photos \ (Our Daily Bread) 8/62 15) "GIVE US [cut off]
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